[Sport] Sevilla strike late to beat Manchester United and advance to Europa League final

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Sevilla overcame Manchester United thanks to a late goal to reach the final of the Europa League, winning 2-1 in Cologne, Germany.

The English side opened the scoring after just seven minutes thanks to a Bruno Fernandes penalty, but Sevilla leveled 20 minutes later with tidy finish from Suso.

And the Spanish side took the lead in the second half with just over 10 minutes left, after substitute Luuk de Jong tapped home a Jesus Navas cross.

The club will face either Inter Milan or Shakhtar Donetsk, who play in the other semifinal on Monday in Dusseldorf.

Sevilla's appearance in the final continues the club's excellent form in the competition. This season will be the sixth Europa League final the club has reached, at least two more times than any other side in the history of the tournament.

Sevilla's coach Julen Lopetegui (left) and staff celebrate on the final whistle after victory against Manchester United.

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire said that given the chances his side made, "the best team lost."

"They didn't create many chances if we're being honest," he told BT Sport after the game. "It's a ball in the box, obviously they've worked it well down our right.

"We've got to do better. We'll look at it and we've got to improve. We've conceded from two crosses. It's not good enough. But we worked our socks off out there. We deserved to win the game. We deserved to go through but ultimately, we fell short in the semifinal.

"It means a lot to us. The boys in there are devastated. We've got a good group of lads who know what it means to play for this club. Losing isn't acceptable. Getting to semifinals isn't acceptable. We've now got to concentrate and take it further. On another day, we win comfortably and everyone goes on about how well we played."

A cross from right-back Navas flew past the onlooking Victor Lindelof and onto the foot of the awaiting de Jong to score his first goal in 12 games.

And United rarely troubled the Sevilla goal after that, meaning it will be the third season in a row without a trophy, the first time that's happened since 1987-89.

"It's one of them if you take chances you win comfortably -- its not always the case in football," Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. "We had moments in spells in both halves where we should have scored a few. We have a young team -- some spells showed that this group of players will have to learn and get some consistency in their play.

"When we get the ball down and create chances, it's scintillating at times. The keeper had a fantastic game. It's disappointing we didn't score because we've got players with that quality."